# telefona
## Albanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teleˈfona/, [te.leˈfoː.nä]

### Noun

telefona
* indefinite nominative/accusative plural of telefon

## Catalan
### Verb

telefona
* inflection of telefonar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From telefono +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [teleˈfona]
* Rhymes: -ona
* Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧na

### Adjective

telefona (accusative singular telefonan, plural telefonaj, accusative plural telefonajn)
* telephonic

## Galician
### Verb

telefona
* inflection of telefonar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Ingrian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian телефон (telefon).

### Pronunciation

* (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈteleˌfonɑ/, [ˈte̞lʲe̞ˌfo̞nɑ]
* (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈteleˌfonɑ/, [ˈte̞le̞ˌfo̞nɑ]
* Rhymes: -onɑ
* Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧na

### Noun

telefona
* telephone
** 1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 73:Hänes on kaik — i kino, i radio, i telefona, i tipografia.In it there is everything - the movies, a radio, a telephone, a printshop.

#### Derived terms

* telefonalanka
* telefonapatsas

### References

* Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 581

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /teˈlɛ.fo.na/
* Rhymes: -ɛfona
* Hyphenation: te‧lè‧fo‧na

### Verb

telefona
* inflection of telefonare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Anagrams

* fenolate, leofante

## Latvian
### Noun

telefona m
* genitive singular of telefons

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /te.leˈfõ.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /te.leˈfõ.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /te.leˈfo.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /tɨ.lɨˈfɔ.nɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɔnɐ
* Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧na

### Verb

telefona
* inflection of telefonar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from French téléphoner. By surface analysis, telefon +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

a telefona (third-person singular present telefonează, past participle telefonat) 1st conjugation (dated, intransitive)
* to call, to phone
    Synonyms: (formal) apela; suna
** 1933, Gib Mihăescu, Rusoaica:Am să telefonez la comandament, să vedem ce e de făcut și cu tine…! te oprim sau te expediem.I’m going to call the command post, to see what we’re going to do with you—keep you or send you off.
** 2005, Gheorghe Rafael Ștefănescu, Amintiri din România Socialistă, chapter 4, section 9:Nu știu ce s-a întâmplat, dar foarte curând, casiera de la Rectorat mi-a telefonat, întrebându-mă dacă prefer să-mi facă stat de plată separat, sau să aștept să mi se achite datoria la salariul următor.I don’t know what happened, but the rectorship treasurer very soon telephoned me, asking whether I'd rather they make me a separate payroll, or wait to be paid my outstanding salary.

#### Derived terms

* telefonare
* telefonat

### References

* telefona in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Turkmen
### Noun

telefona
* dative singular of telefon

## Votic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian телефон (telefon).

### Pronunciation

* (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA: /teleˈfonɑ/, [teleˈfonɑ]
* Rhymes: -onɑ
* Hyphenation: te‧le‧fo‧na

### Noun

telefona
* telephone, phone

#### Inflection
### References

* Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “telefona”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn